The Motorcycle Diaries

Director: Walter Salles, Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mia Maestro, BAFTA winner for Best Foriegn Language Film and 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Spanish with English subtitles, R.

On a break before his last semester of medical school, Ernesto “Che” Guevara travels with his friend Alberto Granado from Brazil to Peru by motorcycle. The two men soon witness the great disparities in South America, encountering poor peasants and observing the exploitation of labor by wealthy industrialists. When they reach a leper colony in Peru, Ernesto’s values have changed so much that he sides with the sufferers, forgetting his own comfort. “A breathtaking road trip movie across South America. A coming of age and consciousness story carried by a strong performance from Bernal.” —Rosa Parra, Latinx Lens